Help need to send sms

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Posted on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 07:06 am:

Hi,
I have been located in india i use a small softwares to send sms to mine workers of mine company the problem is that whenever i send sms mine number is been displayed i want to send sms in such a way that mine company name should be shown on the senders name is there a possiblity to send such a sms via internet. if yes what is the software required and can you post ur answer in bit detail as i m new to this field

Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
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Post Number: 1501
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Posted on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 03:07 pm:

When you send an SMS message using a GSM modem interface, the phone number of the SIM card in the modem/phone, will always be displayed as the message sender.

The only way around this is to send messages through an SMS service provider that supports alphanumeric senders instead. (Most providers do.)

I can't recommend any specific providers. Most of them will support HTTP or SMPP protocols for you to submit messages over the internet. And most of them are pre-pay, so that you purchase credits for your account with the service provider before you are allowed to send any messages.

Imtiaz
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Posted on Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 11:54 am:

Thanks for reply,
Mine service provider ORANGE here provide alphanumber as i recive sms form them which has orange written on it. Is there any way where i can use NOWSms to send sms to mine workers using mine orange network and Mine own name in sender Box

Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
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Post Number: 1542
Registered: 10-2002

Posted on Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 07:03 pm:

Sorry if I wasn't clear in my previous reply. I will attempt to clarify that reply.

When you send an SMS message using a GSM modem interface, the phone number of the SIM card in the modem/phone, will always be displayed as the message sender. There is not a way to override this.

The only way around this is to send messages through an SMS service provider that supports alphanumeric senders instead. When I say "through an SMS service provider", I mean in a way that does not use a GSM modem (e.g., SMPP connection to the service provider, HTTP, or one of the other TCP/IP based protocols).

In those environments, you configure the sender address as a text string when configuring the SMSC connection in NowSMS. (You can also override the configured sender address by using the &Sender=xxx parameter when submitting a message.)

But you do need to be connected to an SMS service provider that supports alphanumeric sender, using an SMSC type other than "GSM modem".

Anonymous

Posted on Monday, January 26, 2004 - 02:23 pm:

Can you help me are there such services on net through were i can send those mess i mean i need to send only few sms everyday and i dont want to interfier with the terminals and other stuff. Is there any simple way i can get that service

Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
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Post Number: 1735
Registered: 10-2002

Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 06:19 pm:

If you're an individual and just sending a few text messages, then investigate one of the many free SMS web sites out there. I don't have any one site in particular that I would recommend.

For something that will support automated sending (including NowSMS), I would suggest www.clickatell.com, as it is relatively easy to sign up for.

Note: I don't have any affiliation with Clickatell ... in this case, I'm recommending them primarily because they are relatively easy to sign up with, especially for low volume usage. (Many providers are not interested in low volume accounts.)

Anonymous

Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 08:18 am:

Thanks it worked but any other site Where the rates are cheaper